Fashion sends a message. These fashion facts may make you want to shop.
Even if you’re not a fashionista, you encounter it every day.
Your clothes say something about you. People make assumptions about you based on what you’re wearing, whether it’s a uniform, a swimsuit, or an LBD.
Why do we wear clothes? Who chooses trends? These fashion facts will enlighten you.
Fashion-savvy?
Unknowingly, fashion is a part of every society.
Since people have worn clothes, they’ve been discussed. Even when you try to avoid attention or break a norm, you make a statement.
Did you know shorter skirts started with the automobile? Or that 2 billion t-shirts are sold annually? Fashion facts are as varied as clothing.
People notice fashion first. What’s your style saying? These fashion facts may help you decide what to wear.
Clothing reveals much about a person.
Summary
Fashion Facts
1. Weddings weren’t always white
Iconic white-dressed brides are iconic. Traditionally, brides didn’t wear white. White was associated with mourning in many countries.
When Queen Victoria married Prince Albert, she wore white. She was the first. Queen Vicky sets trends.
2.The first models weren’t humans
Designers didn’t initially use men and women as models. Fashion trends were demonstrated by dolls.Charles Frederick Worth, the “father of Haute Couture,” asked his wife to model in 1853.
Marie Vernet Worth was the first fashion model. “House model” comes from this.
Fashion week seems like a distraction.
3. Fashion Week was a wartime diversion
The first Fashion Week was in NYC in 1943. During WWII, This event aimed to promote American designers and distract from French fashion.
Over 40 fashion weeks exist today. New York, Berlin, Milan, London, and Paris have the most. Have you been?
4. Not all buttons have buttonholes
If you know history, Napoleon’s armies were cold. Cold weather causes nosebleeds. Nose-wipers use whatever they can find. French soldiers, without tissues, wiped their noses on their coat sleeves.
Napoleon had tailors sew buttons onto the sleeves of the soldiers’ jackets. These buttons served no purpose other than to make nose-wiping uncomfortable. We have sleeves with buttons because of a trend.
5. LB changed everything.
Chanel created the LBD in 1926. She showed the dress when many designers were using patterns and colors. Butlers and housemaids traditionally wore black. Chanel revolutionized fashion.
Vogue compared the LBD to the Model T when it was on the cover. By putting together a simple shirt with expensive necklaces and bags, a new fashion staple was made.
“One can be overdressed but never overelegant,” said Chanel. The LBD is never overdressed, only elegant.
The LBD changed fashion.
6. Cotton is an old material.
According to most sources, the Indus River Valley civilization first cultivated cotton as a fabric around 3,000 BC.
The Romans imported this material. Cotton has been used for clothing for millennia. It is durable, dyeable, and pliable.
7. Handkerchiefs were used to make the modern bra.
Early 1900s New York socialite Mary Phelps Mary needed help for a dance. She sewed handkerchiefs into the first modern bra.
Mary Phelps patented the bra we all love (and take off as soon as we get home). Our favorite fashion fact:
8. Barbie sets trends.
Most girls learn about fashion from Barbie. Barbie fans can now explore countless outfits and careers. First, Barbie wore a black-and-white swimsuit.
Barbie wasn’t always a toy. former model Yves Saint Laurent, Calvin Klein, Versace, and Armani designed her outfits. What a closet!
Over 100 years of sneakers
9. Sneakers are 100 years old.
1917 saw the release of Keds and Converse tennis shoes. Keds released their shoes before Converse. Scientists discovered a way to heat and manipulate rubber, enabling sneakers.
Sneakers got their name because they’re quiet. Yes!
10. Children’s fashion wasn’t always popular.
Children’s clothes are sold in malls and department stores. Children often have more options than adults. Kids didn’t always have these bright clothes.
Before 1800, there were no children’s clothes. Children wore adult clothing, corsets and all, made small. Ideas about children’s innocence changed in the late 1700s. This change led to children’s clothing being looser. Children’s clothing is a billion-dollar industry.
